Emperor Zhao Ji, in the face of several ministers, he is actually not weak at all, in history, he chose to fully support Wang Anshi to change the law when he was the youngest and most energetic, which means that the young Zhao Ji is a person with his own opinions.

Today's Zhao Ji is far more confident than Zhao Ji in history, because he has a more confident capital, this capital was brought to him by Gan Qi, since the defeat of the Liao State, Zhao Ji's self-confidence has been beyond limit, he believes that he is right, just as he believes that Wang Anshi is right in history.

So today's matter has reached this point, Zhao Ji is actually not very weak-minded, he listened to the words of several ministers, and the words of his answer were also sonorous and powerful: "I will not give anyone the money for soup and medicine, nor will I find anyone from the Imperial City Division to take the blame, let alone sin myself." ”

Sima Guangru was mourned, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how can I, the Great Song Dynasty, ever treat literati like this?" If Your Majesty insists on going his own way, won't it chill the hearts of the world's scholars? ”

Zhao Ji couldn't help but say something in his heart: "It was those literati who chilled my heart, and it wasn't that I chilled their hearts, so this matter will be discussed here, and they will do whatever they want, let him go." ”

Zhao Ji walked out of the imperial study again, no longer paying attention to the ministers inside.

Zhao Ji, who walked out of the imperial study, suddenly had a sense of pleasure, as if he had broken free from some shackles, and there was an inexplicable sense of relaxation all over his body.

Zhao Ji has great ambitions, the Han and Tang dynasties, but he is also thinking about the heroes of the emperors of the Han and Tang dynasties, how did the emperor at that time be?

The thoughts of "great rebellion" in Zhao Ji's heart are already fermenting, that is, he feels that the emperors at the peak of the rise of the Han and Tang Dynasties are definitely not as good as Renzong Yingzong.

Several ministers in the imperial study only looked at each other, the methods of the Great Song Dynasty to restrain the emperor were actually at the moral level, and the young new emperor in front of him seemed to have changed, and the changes were still very big, so big that several people were a little caught off guard.

Zeng Gongliang sighed: "Today's official family seems to be ...... Something is different! ”

Sima Guang's face was full of sadness: "Is it a blessing or a curse?" Is it a blessing or a curse? ”

In any case, if the emperor really wants to do as he pleases, as a courtier, there is no coercive means to stop it.

In the end, the matter was still like this, no matter what the ministers thought, the emperor didn't care about it, and that's the only way.

The beaten soldiers cried and shouted, and even wrote poems and articles to criticize, or scolded in the building, probably to no avail, and would attract people to scold them, which would inevitably lead to another conflict.

The recent surge in sales of the Beijing Times is also a field of public opinion.

When Gan Qi heard about this, it was already many days later, and he had already arrived in Chang'an, the capital of Jingzhao.

Gan Qi also smiled and said to himself: "This official family has a bit of a temper. ”

Gan Qi's comment is so simple, he was not on the spot, since Zhao Ji solved this matter like this, Gan Qi didn't think about it anymore.

The most urgent thing now is to complete all the things that need to be done step by step, and the party must be destroyed.

So what Gan Qi has to do is to hurry up and rush to the Iron Gate Pass, outside the Iron Gate Pass, hundreds of miles of Hetao, the immigrants from all over the country have slowly stepped on the right track, and the ridges have begun to see scale.

Tents were scattered all over the mountains, and people began to build civil houses.

The army gathered on the west side of the Hetao, and countless ironclad knights patrolled everywhere.

Gan Qi stood on the iron door and looked north, with a sense of relief and a sense of accomplishment.

After closing the iron gate, Gan Qi began to gather all the generals to come to the meeting, and the war was already on the verge of breaking out.

The generals also began to receive orders to come from all over the world to pay their respects.

Gan Qi installed the Chinese army camp outside the Iron Gate Pass, 100,000 mighty troops, more than 30,000 local troops, 30,000 grassland light horses, camp tents that stretched for ten miles, towering fences, orderly camp tent layout, drainage ditches, stables, baggage, water sources, and fire head camps, all of which Gan Qi no longer had to worry about.

The army has to fight, and only by keeping fighting will everything become more and more proficient.

The reason why the army should be stationed outside the pass is because the Han people in the Hetao are now nearly one million, and the army must be outside the pass, so as to protect these immigrants.

He had been waiting here for a long time when Ganchi was on his way.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, there were hundreds of military generals, gathered together, Wang Shaozhang and other civil officials were also present, Zeng Xiaokuan also joined the army with Ganqi, and there were some subordinate officials of the Privy Council who accompanied the army.

Coach Ganqi was late, just waiting for Ganqi to walk into the big tent, and the whole house got up and gave his hands.

"Meet Gan Xianggong!"

Gan Qi nodded in agreement, went straight to the main seat in front of the tent, lifted his robe, sat down, and then nodded left and right: "Sit down." ”

The sound of the clattering of armor in the tent was uniform, and everyone was sitting.

For just a moment, I just felt that Gan Qi was full of majesty.

Most of the people in the audience were older than Ganqi, but they all focused their eyes on Ganqi, and their eyes flashed with antiquity.

Gan Qi spoke: "I am here only to destroy the country in a war, and I hope that the generals will be brave." ”

"Sure to be before the death!"

Gan Qi nodded again, and then went straight to the point: "In this battle, we will march on two fronts, and the general will lead 40,000 Western troops to Tunqingtang, cross the high mountains, go out of Xiliang and Gansu, hit the belly of the party, open up the Hexi Corridor, and march to Guazhou." Ben Xiang led a mighty army of 100,000, first broke through Xingqing Mansion, and then crossed the desert, and joined the general in Guazhou, so that the Hexi Corridor is all in my hands. ”

He stood up and bowed in amazement: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Gan Qi looked at Wang Shao and asked, "What happened to Huangtou's return?" ”

Wang Shao stepped forward: "Xianggong, the master Wang verbally agreed to jointly attack the party, but looking at his intentions, I am afraid that he also has the intention of waiting for the fisherman to benefit, and the lower officials are incompetent." ”

Wang Shao was a little embarrassed, as if he didn't feel that he had done this thing well.

Gan Qi nodded, thought for a while, and said: "Okay, this time to attack the party, there are two ways for the party to retreat, one is to go north into the grassland, the party enters the grassland, it will inevitably enter the territory of the barbarians, and now the barbarians will definitely not be the enemy of my Great Song Dynasty, so the party entry into the grassland is also a dead end." Therefore, the retreat of the party members is to the west, and if they go west, they will enter the land of the yellow head and return to the country, which is also an excuse. ”

Wang Shao thought about it for a moment when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Isn't Xianggong Mo having the heart to march back to Hui?" ”

Gan Qi nodded: "Come and come, there are only these people on the Silk Road, when the prime minister came, His Majesty once said that he wanted to reproduce the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the Western Regions was the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, whether it was the Huangtou Hui Hui, or the Xizhou Hui Hui, or the Qarakhanid Dynasty, my Great Song Dynasty Western Army, all of them had to go west step by step and completely open up the Silk Road." ”

Many military men were overjoyed when they heard this, and Gan Xianggong's words gave everyone a great vision, for individuals, it was a vision of making meritorious contributions, for the army, it was a vision of expanding the territory, and for the nation and the country, it was even more exciting.

Only Gan Qi knew that this was the first time he had said this. The army, you have to fight, you have to keep fighting. This is what happened in the Han and Tang dynasties, turning the Hetao into a granary, just to support the army to continue to fight westward.

The basic territorial scope of the Central Plains Dynasty had to be laid in the hands of Gan Qi, and it was faced with problems for future generations.

He was already excited: "What Xiang Gong said is far away, and the end will be full of enthusiasm, and the last general is willing to be a pioneer and realize such a great vision for Xiang Gong!" ”

"Okay, let's talk about the matter in front of us." Gan Qi stopped thinking about the future, and what was in front of him was more important.

But I suddenly heard someone outside the big tent report: "Report, there is a team of party members from outside the camp, saying that it is an envoy from Western Xia, please see the minister." ”

Gan Qi was very surprised when he heard this, and asked left and right: "Why are the party members here?" ”

Wang Shao reacted very quickly: "Xianggong, aren't you here to seek peace?" ”

Wang Shao's words make sense, the new emperor Li Bingchang, who is now seven years old, has just ascended the throne, and the authority is in the hands of the Empress Dowager Liang and the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Liang, but the Liang family is Han Chinese, and at the beginning of the new emperor, the internal pressure of the Liang family is also very great.

Now that the foreign enemy is attacking again, it is reasonable for the Empress Dowager Liang to come to sue for peace at this time.

Thinking of this, Gan Qi raised his hand: "Recruit in." ”

There are not many party members in this team, only one hundred and ten, and the leader is a young man, but in his early twenties, holding the national letter, and bowing his hand into the tent: "Liang Yi, the prime minister of the Western Xia Dynasty, has seen the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Liang Yibury came in person? Gan Qi looked Liang Yi up and down, but he was quite handsome, sturdy, and full of spirit.

"What's the matter?" Gan Qi asked.

Liang Yi buried the letter of state, and then spoke: "I am ordered by the Empress Dowager of Western Xia and the emperor, and I am willing to marry the Great Song Dynasty for eternity, and from then on I will serve the Great Song Dynasty as my brother, and from then on I will stop the war and fight together, and my brothers will work together to resist foreign enemies." ”

Gan Qi was not in a hurry to speak, but he was a little nervous, because if this matter reached Bianliang, Tokyo, I was afraid that nine and a half out of ten of those literati would happily accept this request for peace.

But Gan Qi obviously wouldn't accept it, and he couldn't hide it, there were so many people present, not to mention many generals, even these subordinate officials from the Privy Council were already happy at this time.

Gan Qi spoke: "The party item Li is originally a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor gave him a surname. At the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty, the official family also gave the surname Zhao, but it was rebelled after the founding of the former emperor Renzong. How can you be qualified to be a brother and sister to my Great Song? ”

Liang Yibu was in a high position at a young age, and this time he personally bowed his head and begged for peace, which shows that the Liang family is under great pressure within Western Xia, that is, he does not want to go to war, and he also knows the consequences of going to war.

The more this happens, the more Gan Qi naturally wants to fight.

Liang Yi lowered his head, saluted again, and asked: "I don't know how Gan Xianggong is willing to call off the army and make peace, and please make it public." ”

Liang Yi came to bury him, obviously making preparations, and even thought that Gan Qi would let Xixia cut off the national title and bow down.

But Liang Yi didn't expect it, but Gan Qi said: "If you really want to talk about this matter, ask your sister to bring Li Bingchang to come in person." ”

Gan Qi is embarrassed by Liang Yi, and he will not agree to any peace in any case. Gan Qi didn't bother to lie to Liang Yiburi, he had a black belly, but he didn't want to smear his reputation as a great Confucian, so he wouldn't lie to Liang Yibury and promise to make peace but turn his head to attack.

Because doing this kind of too direct backsliding will have a lot of impact, not to mention the reputation of Ganqi Confucian celebrities, let's say that in the future, there will be countless tribes and countries of all sizes in the Western Regions and the grasslands, and they will face this kind of subordination and peace, and the reputation of talking is very important.

It's just that Gan Qi didn't expect that Liang Yibury replied after thinking about it: "Gan Xianggong's words, I will bring it back to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and ask Gan Xianggong to stay for a few days." ”

Gan Qi didn't bother to care, only waved his hand: "You go back, bring back the gifts you brought." ”

Liang Yi bowed and turned his head back.

Gan Qi continued to hold his pre-war meetings, from the distribution of grain and grass, to the transportation of grain and grass, as well as the allocation and arrangement of various departments, pre-war mobilization, soldiers' meritorious records, and the number of people recruited, and so on.

The army is also making final preparations, the weapons that have been re-polished must be polished, the feather arrows that should be sent down must be allocated in place, and the armor that should be repaired must be repaired as soon as possible.

It's just that Gan Qi didn't expect that within a few days, the party envoy came again.

This time the posture was extraordinary, there were countless canopy honor guards, 20,000 cavalry came, and the advance envoy arrived early to inform that the Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia and the seven-year-old emperor Li Bingchang of Western Xia really came.

Ask Gan Qi to meet the alliance in the north of Baichi City.

This made Gan Qi scratch his head again and again, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, many generals kept talking.

He was stunned and said: "Xianggong, such an opportunity is very good, the party has 20,000 people, and it is in the wilderness, you can directly send troops to attack it, and the battle is decided." ”

Even Shi Honglei opened his mouth and said: "Xianggong, you can send troops quickly, go away quickly, and catch him off guard." ”

Gan Qi thought for a while and said, "They don't dare to approach, they also have scruples, Baichi City is seventy or eighty miles away from here, once our army leaves the camp, they will inevitably turn around and run." ”

"Xianggong, it's okay, it's a big deal to chase after it, once it becomes a trend of pursuit, the party is already in decline, it is difficult to parry, and you can take advantage of the victory in the city." Stunned again.

But Wang Shao had other opinions: "Two generals, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to act like this, my Great Song Dynasty is the Heavenly Dynasty, and the party members come to negotiate, and we will attack them instead, which makes it seem that my Great Song Dynasty is rude and unjust." Once this is the case today, it will be difficult to win the trust of people in the future. ”

Or Wang Shao thought far, and thought of Gan Qi's heart, the Western Regions and the grassland are vast, if you want to rule these places, you have to use both grace and power, strong military ability is naturally the most important, and another point is to win the trust of people.

The party members even the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are here, this is already the greatest sincerity, saying that you will come to negotiate the alliance, you will turn around and kill people, as soon as this precedent is opened, it will be really difficult to win the trust of others, and it will directly lead to others not even daring to find Ganqi to surrender in the future.

Gan Qi scratched his head: "Empress Dowager Liang, this woman should not be underestimated!" Delicate and bold. ”

Empress Dowager Liang, a woman who has controlled Western Xia for more than ten years as a Han in history, is really very powerful. This Liang family, I'm afraid they are really forced to a dead end. Gan Qi still had one less trick, and he didn't calculate that this woman really dared to bring the emperor's son to meet Gan Qi, a ruthless enemy, and put him to death and then live like this.

Wang Shao asked again: "Xianggong, do you see?" ”

Gan Qi thought about it and replied: "Then let's meet each other, after all, it's just a shot and two scattered, order 20,000 mighty troops, and follow me to the north of Baichi City!" ”

If you can negotiate this kind of thing, you can negotiate peace, and you can naturally talk about it.